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Ain't No Makin' It Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

Paperback • 2008 • English • 3. edition

Ain't No Makin' It Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

By Jay MacLeod

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This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy: how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. With the original 1987 publication of Ain’t No Makin’ It Jay MacLeod brought us to the Clarendon Heights housing project where we met the “Brothers” and the “Hallway Hangers.” Their story of poverty, race, and defeatism moved readers and challenged ethnic stereotypes. MacLeod’s return eight years later, and the resulting 1995 revisi...Show more

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ISBN

9780813343587

Publisher

Avalon Publishing

Published year

2008

Language

English

Edition

3

Original title

Ain't No Makin' It Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

Format

Paperback

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